In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Robertsbridge like this:
ROBERTSBRIDGE, or Rotherbridge, a village in Salehurst parish, Sussex; on the river Rother, adjacent to the Tunbridge-Wells and Hastings railway, 5 miles N of Battle. It has a station with telegraph on the railway, a post-office‡ under Hurst-Green, a hotel, a bridge, a fortnightly market on Thursday, and a fair on 25 Sept. A Cistertian abbey was founded at an adjacent farm, in 1176, by Alured de St. Martino; was given, at the dissolution, to Sir W. Sidney; and has left some remains, which are incorporated with the farm-house.
Robertsbridge through time
Robertsbridge is now part of Rother district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rother has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Robertsbridge itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Robertsbridge, in Rother and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21908
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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